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Dear Future Minister for Justice We do not know if you are going to be Sir or Madam. Like a desired unborn child we do not know why it will …

I don’t believe that not constituting his cabinet within one month or so can be seen as a lack of leadership direction. Or should we forget in a hurry that …

President Buhari’s forthcoming itinerary on a state visit to the United States is a welcome development. It is pertinent to note that, the last time the government of Nigeria enjoyed …

Red Alert: This article begins with a clear warning: “under no circumstances should anyone touch or move an object that may be an explosive – no matter how much you …

I recall a testy exchange in 2009 at the Westin Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island between a ranking member of the Nigerian House of Representatives and a US-based, Nigerian-born attorney. …

The recent N400 billion bailout approved for the states by President Muhammadu Buhari to offset the backlog of salary owed to civil servants would certainly bring immense relief to the …

June, the 6th month of the year and the last month in the first half of the year will remain a month Nigerians will never forget in our democratic history. …

Last week was a particularly dispiriting time for forlorn Nigerians who continue to look to their government to deliver them from their woes. One of the reasons Nigerians dumped former …

During the weekly review of Nigerian affairs by the AZATA/NEPU Party of honest, patriotic and thinking Nigerian men and women, the following observations were recorded. 1) That time and tide …

Nigerians are very good at crowning false heroes. Just open a Nigerian newspaper you can find near you and see how many people that are recklessly described on its pages …

If my leaders tell me the “treasury is (virtually) empty” and I look around me and across the country, and I see progress and development, upliftment, empowerment of the masses; …

What I can pledge, with absolute certainty, is that from the first day of my administration, Boko Haram will know the strength of our collective will and commitment to rid …

“ The Devil takes a hand in what is done in a hurry’’ – Turkish Proverb I had the privilege some few years back-around 2009 to be precise, to sit …

Dear Malam, Congratulation on your well deserved victory as the next executive governor of this great ‘state of learning’. Your coming, I must confess, was timely and viewed by many …

There’s an idiom, “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” and as it stands, All Progressive Congress (APC) the party Nigerians entrusted with power to come rescue this nation from …

Or (Why The Noise? Buhari is not the Best in Nigeria) “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”. George Bernard Shaw “Change …